Edwin norton



El.v NORTON.` Car Ventilator.

No. 98,095. Patented Deo. 2111869.

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noaa ,sans pero @ritmi EDWIN NORTON, or BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK.

Letters Patent N l 98,095, dated Deccmber21, 1869.

RAILROAD- CAR -VENTILATOR The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all vwhom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN NORTON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new audirnproved Ciuder and Dust-AI'- rester for Oar-Windows; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceompan yin g drawings, iormiug part of this specification'. v Y

rlhis invention relates to improvements in apparatus for preventing the cinders and dust from being blown into the cars, when in motion, through the open windows, and consists in the application tothe cars, at the sides of the windows, outhe exterior, by hinging thereto, or by other equivalent connection, small guard-plates of wood or other substance, to project outwardly in a right, or other suitable or preferred angle, at the side of the window, to arrest the einder and dust moving rearward alongsideof the car, and conduct itbelow the windows, the said guard-plates being arranged so that those on the side of the windows, in the direct-ion of the movement of the train, may be adjusted to the operating position, while the others are folded back against the side of the car.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part of a car, showing the application ot my improved guards; and

Figure 2 is a horizontal section' through the side of the car.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts. v

A great part of the einders falls upon the tops ofthe cars, and are delivered over the ledges thereof', on the sides or ou the lee side, when the wind blows across the train, while another portion is blown against the Windward sides, and in this way they collect in considerable streams, rushing rearward and downward along the sides ofthe car, to be sucked in at the open windows from the sides of the advancing movement of the car.

I have found by practical experiment, that by the application of' vertical guards A at the sides of the windows, projecting outwardly, either perpendicular-ly to the sides of the ears or nearly so, these currents Vmay be arrested and caused to fall below the windows,

instead ot' passing in thereat, as they 11o-w do; and I4 therefore propose to provide railroad-cars with these guards A, preferably by hiuging them thereto, as represented in thedrawings, so that they may be supported in the perpendicular positionion the advancing side of the windows by a suitable l'construction ofthe hinges, or by stops applied in a suitabie way, while those on the vrear sides mayv swing back against the sideof the ear, as shown at A', where they may be fastened in any suitable way.

B represents projections on the hinges, to hold the guards in the said projecting positions.

The. said guards may also have fastenings to hold them in the said projecting positions, but I expect that the action of the air onl them will be such that fastenings will not be required either to hold Athem out or against the sides of the car, 'for it will naturally force those on the advancing sides around till the stops arrest them, while-the others will be forced back against the sides of the Icar. This arrangement may be preferred, as requiring little or no attention in shifting or adjusting themfat the ends of the routes, when the movements of the cars are reversed.

Having thus described my invention,

-I .claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patentv A car-window guard, with projections 'B thereon, arranged at the side of the window, and held at about a right angle thereto, as shown and described.

lhe above specication of my invention signed by me, this 26th day of October, 1869.

EDWIN NORTON.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. Manns, Amex, F. Bonnets. 

